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I'm not sure how much this thing is worth
in money, but I can tell you it will be

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worth a lot to the team that wins it.

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It's the Silver Cup, the coveted prize to
the winning team at this computer bowl.

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The bowl is a contest between the computer
gurus of the West Coast and the high

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-tech experts of the East Coast to see
whether the denizens of the Silicon Valley

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or the brains of Route 128
know more about computers.

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Today, the conclusion of the computer bowl,
East versus West, on this special

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edition of the Computer Chronicles.

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The Computer Chronicles is made possible
in part by McGraw-Hill, publishers of

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Byte Magazine, and VIX, the Byte Information
Exchange. In print and online, Byte

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and VIX serve computer professionals
worldwide with detailed information on new

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hardware, software, and technologies.

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Welcome to the Computer Chronicles.
I'm Stuart Chafay.

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And with me this week is Esther Dyson.
Esther, we're here again at the Boston

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World Trade Center Auditorium for part
two of the Computer Bowl. Your team from

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the East Coast about to take on David
Bonnell's team from the West Coast.

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This is a big rivalry here between the
West and the East. I was wondering, is

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there really a difference
in those computer cultures?

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What's the difference in a
Silicon Valley type person

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and a Route 128 type person?

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Well, it's very simple. It comes down to socks.
The guys on the West Coast don't

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wear any socks, and the guys on the East
Coast wear white socks. Aside from that,

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to get a little more serious, the West
Coast is very much PC-oriented and chip

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-oriented. The East Coast comes out of
the mini-computer and mainframe culture.

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So they tend to be older and
stator and of course much

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smarter, which is why we're going to win.

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Esther, good luck to you and
your East Coast team. I know

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you're eager to get back into the fray there.

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We're going to have part two,
the grand finale of the Computer Bowl in

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just a moment, so stay with us.

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As we begin the second half of the
Computer Bowl, the East Coast team is

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ahead 180 to 115.

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The members of the East Coast team are
Esther Dyson, editor publisher of Release

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1.0, Mitch Caper, chairman of OnTechnology
and founder of Lotus, David Hathaway,

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partner of the venture capital firm Venrock
Associates, Investors and Apple and

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Intel, Bill Peduska, chairman and CEO
of Stellar Computer, the captain of the

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East Coast team is Dick Schaeffer,
editor publisher of the Technologic Computer

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Letter. The members of the West Coast team
are Adele Goldberg, president and CEO

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of Park Play Systems, Bill Joy,
co-founder of Sun Microsystems, Casey Powell,

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president and CEO of Sequent Computers,
Alan Michaels, chairman and CEO of Ardent

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Computer Company, and the captain of
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chairman and CEO of PCW Communications.

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The MC for the Computer Bowl is Chris Morgan,
the questioner is Will Hurst,

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publisher of the San Francisco Examiner.

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All right, round three, Will. For ten points,
what is the most widely installed

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PC operating system?

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East Coast, Dyson.

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[...]

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For ten points,
of the following three terms, which does not

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describe a type of microprocessor?

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Sisk, Risk or Whisk?

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West Coast, Joy.

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Whisk.

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Correct.

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For ten points, at what trade show
was VisiCalc first introduced?

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East Coast, Schaeffer.

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West Coast, Computer Fair.

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Okay, the score. The score is the
East Coast 200, the West Coast 125.

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This is a toss-up question
leading to a bonus round.

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For your ten point toss-up, what was the
first computer John von Neumann used,

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the Mark I or the Pilot Ace?

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East Coast, K-POR.

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Mark I.

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Correct.

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We're in a bonus round now,
and you may consult to answer these questions.

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The round is about IBM.
There are three parts worth five points each.

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Who wrote IBM's billion dollar baby?

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Portia Isaacson.

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Portia Isaacson.

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[...]

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That's correct.

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How many horizontal lines make up
the IBM logo on computer screens?

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Is it eight, thirteen, or both?

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Thirteen.

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Wrong.

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Both. There are two official versions.

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For ten points, who raised
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the Space War computer game?

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East Coast, Schaeffer.

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Nolan Bushnell.

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That's correct.

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For ten points, was the US Festival rock
concert sponsored by Stewart Brand...

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West Coast, Joy.

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Steve Wozniak.

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He's correct.

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Now we have a toss-up question.

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Some say the personal computer era
began when a microcomputer appeared on

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this January...

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West Coast, Powell.

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It was the MITZ Altair.

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I take it back. That is correct.

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The complete question is,
was that computer the inside, the

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Altair, the Scalbi, or the Apple I?

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The answer is the Altair.

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You're now in a bonus round.
Three parts you may consult.

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The bonus round is about computer magazines.

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[...]

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I don't know much about that.

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Six months before the famous
popular electronics cover, another

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computer appeared on a magazine cover.

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The computer was the Mark 8.

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For ten points, was the magazine Scientific
American, EDN, or radio electronics?

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Radio electronics.

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That's correct.

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What microprocessor was used in the Mark 8?

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8008.

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The correct answer is the Intel 4004.

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A rumble goes up in the audience.

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Finally, which was the first computer magazine?

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Was it Computers and Automation,
Datamation, or Computerworld?

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Computers and Automation?

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That's correct.

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[...]

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For ten points, what is the term for
software permanently stored in ROM?

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East Coast, K-POR.

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Sorry, your time's up.

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Operating system.

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No.

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Time's up.

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The West Coast, want to try that?

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Firmware.

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Firmware?

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Firmware.

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Firmware.

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Firmware.

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Firmware.

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Let's recap the score.

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It's the East Coast, 235,
and the West Coast, 175.

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Coming back.

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All right.

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The gap is closing slowly.

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For ten points,
is there a way to read a magnetic

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tape if you don't have a tape reader?

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Yes.

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West Coast, Goldberg.

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Yes.

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That's correct.

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Yes,
by using a special magnetic powder or fluid.

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We have a toss-up question now.

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Are IBM's headquarters on Madison
Avenue in Poughkeepsie or in Armac?

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East Coast, Hathaway.

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Armac.

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Armac is correct.

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Here's the bonus question.

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You may consult.

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We know of at least two high-level computer
languages whose names read the same

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way backwards as forwards.

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For five points apiece, what are they?

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Audience, please keep quiet.

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Your answer, please.

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Ada.

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Ada is correct.

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Yes.

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C.

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C is correct.

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A bit of a trick question.

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What was the only personal
computer to be named after the

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state in which it was produced?

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East Coast, Shafer.

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Ohio Scientific.

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That's correct.

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That's correct.

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For 10 points, was the whetstone a
measure of computing performance?

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West Coast, Joy.

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Computing performance.

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I'm sorry, that's incorrect.

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We'll repeat the entire
question for the East Coast.

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For 10 points, was the whetstone a measure
of computing performance developed in

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the USA, the UK, or France?

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Deduct 10 points on that.

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East, Cape War.

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That's correct.

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Now we have a toss-up question
about computer pioneer Alan Turing.

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Turing contributed to the design
of one computer that was built.

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Was it ENIAC or the pilot ACE?

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West Coast, Goldberg.

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ENIAC.

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I'm sorry, that's incorrect.

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East Coast?

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Tough one.

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Tough course.

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For five points, who received the Tony
nomination for Best Actor for portraying

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Turing on Broadway this year?

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Was it Sir Lawrence Olivier,
Ian McClellan, or Derek Jacoby?

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That's a bonus.

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Yes, it's the bonus round.

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Derek Jacoby.

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The answer is Derek Jacoby is correct.

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What was the name of the play?

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Breaking the Code.

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Breaking the Code?

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Breaking the Code is correct.

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We'll finish up the bonus round,
and that'll be the end of this round.

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Where did Turing do his research
during his stay in the United States?

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Princeton?

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Princeton.

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Princeton is correct.

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And that's the end of this round
with the score of the East Coast 290

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and the West Coast 175.

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Here at the Computer Bowl, we're ready
for the final round now to see who is the

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master of computer trivia,
and right now the East Coast team is ahead.

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Let's go back to our examiner,
Will Hurst, and our MC, Chris Morgan.

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Hands on buzzers, please.

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APL is a high-level software language.

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For ten points,
what do the letters and APL stand for?

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East Coast Dyson.

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A programming language.

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That's correct.

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What arcade game started
the computer arcade craze?

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West Coast Powell.

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Pong.

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Pong is correct.

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What is the name of the
government-funded computer

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network linking defense research...

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West Coast Joy.

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Arpanet.

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Arpanet is correct.

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Here's a toss-up question.

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For ten points,
what computer language uses turtles?

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East Coast Tapoor.

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Logo.

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Logo is correct.

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You may consult.

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Here are three questions about
CPM for five points apiece.

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What does CPM stand for?

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Control Program for Microcomputers.

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Control Program for Microcomputers.

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That is correct.

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Who wrote it?

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Gary Kildall.

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Gary Kildall, correct.

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What company did he work for at the time?

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Your answer.

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Digital Research.

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Digital Research is correct.

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Okay, the score is East Coast 325,
West Coast 195.

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For ten points, what company did Kentucky
Fried Computers eventually become?

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West Coast, Benel.

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North Star.

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That's correct.

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Kentucky Fried Computers?

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For ten points, what was the name of
Coleco's ill-fated home computer?

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East Coast, K-POR.

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Adam.

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Adam is correct.

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What company did Kentucky Fried
Computers eventually become?

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Here's another toss-up.

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The miniature circuits that make up
today's computers are manufactured in a so

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-called clean room to avoid contamination.

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Which is cleaner?

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A Class 100 clean room or
a Class 10 clean room?

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West Coast, Joy.

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Class 10. 10 is correct.

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Now we have a bonus round with no
redeeming social merit whatsoever.

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You may consult.

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We'll name the street address and for
five points each, tell us what computer

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company is located at that address.

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Number one, 590 Madison Avenue.

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IBM?

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That's correct.

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1700 Green Hills Road.

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Data General.

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I'm sorry, that's wrong.

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Correct answer is?

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Correct answer is Borland in Scotts Valley,
California.

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Borland?

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Is that a computer company?

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Borland?

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And you're from the West Coast, those years.

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FM 149.

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Compact.

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100 Throckmorton.

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Kentucky Fried Computers.

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Sorry.

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Well, the answer is?

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Correct answer is Tandy,
Radio Shack, and Fort Worth.

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Next and last is 16011 Northeast 36th Way.

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Microsoft.

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That's correct.

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Okay, the score is the East Coast
335 and the West Coast 230.

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This is an individual question
either side may answer.

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For 10 points in 1921,
Karl Kapek used the chequered for

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worker in his play, Roar.

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East Coast Dyson.

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Robot.

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Is the largest employer
in Silicon Valley the Air

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Force, Lockheed or Apple Computer?

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West Coast Joy.

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Lockheed.

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Lockheed is correct.

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What about on Route 128?

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Here's a toss up.

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Prior to their use in computers,
punch cards were used

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in which of the following machines?

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Silk weaving machines, calculators...

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West Coast Michaels.

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Silk weaving.

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That's correct.

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Before we go into your bonus round,
this is not a standard

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punch card,
but we thought you'd like to see it.

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It has round holes in it.

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It's a UNIVAC card.

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Go ahead, Will.

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Thanks, Chris.

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This four-part bonus round is all about punched

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cards, like the one Chris is holding up.

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For five points, how many columns does
an IBM standard computer punch card

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have? 80. 80 is correct.

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What shape are the holes in IBM
computer-readable punched cards?

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Rectangular.

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That's correct.

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When punched cards first became popular
in the 1890s, they had something in

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common with the dollar bill.

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What was it?

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Your answer, please.

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They weren't worth very much.

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Sorry, that's incorrect.

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I would suggest we put 10 points for that.

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They were the same size.

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The card was designed to use
files built for storing dollars.

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Last bonus question.

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What is the name used for the
tiny round piece of paper

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created by punching paper tape?

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Is it pulp, chad, or fluff?

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Audience, please keep it.

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Chad.

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Chad is correct.

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Okay, the score is East Coast 345,
West Coast 265.

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An individual question either side may answer.

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Dip switches are small switches
found inside computers.

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For 10 points, does the P in dip stand
for peripheral, package, or pixel?

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East Coast, K-POR.

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Package.

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Package is correct.

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For 10 points, what is the S100?

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East Coast, K-POR.

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It's a computer bus.

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Here's a technical toss-up question.

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For 10 points, is a picosecond
shorter or longer than a nanosecond?

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West Coast, Joy.

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Shorter is correct.

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This is the bonus round and you may consult.

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During the 1960s and 1970s, the eight
major computer companies were referred to

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jokingly as IBM and the seven dwarfs.

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For five points apiece,
how many of the seven dwarfs can you name?

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You'll have a total of seven guesses.

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NCR, GE, RCA, Control Data, Burroughs,

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Honeywell, and Sperry.

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That's absolutely right.

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Okay,
we've updated the score board as 365 to 310.

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This is an individual question.

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Either side may answer.

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What is the more common name for the IEEE 802.
3 standard?

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East Coast, K-POR.

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Ethernet.

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All right, we're working on the score board.

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All right.

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For 10 points, in 1971,
when RCA got out of the computer business,

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who bought their computer division?

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West Coast, sorry, Michaels.

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I thought you were going to ask the building.

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Your answer, please.

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Must have an answer.

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GE.

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GE is not correct.

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Sorry, incorrect.

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Okay, that's the end of the computer bowl.

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[...]

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However...

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Yes.

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Now, we have to...

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We have to give the East Coast a
chance to answer that question.

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And...

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Could we hear the question, please?

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Yes, would you repeat the question, please?

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For 10 points, in 1971,
when RCA got out of the computer business,

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who bought their computer division?

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Was it...

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Okay, Bill Pudusco.

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Honeywell.

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East...

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I'm sorry, that's incorrect.

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That's not correct.

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She wouldn't have the choice.

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Honeywell.

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Well, we have a bit of a
dilemma since you interrupted

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the question.

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The correct answer is UNIVAC
Division of Sperry Rand.

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Okay.

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The winners of the world's first
computer bowl are the East Coast team.

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And I'd like to present the
bowl now to the captain

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of the East Coast team, Dick Shaper.

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Congratulations, Dick.

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Thank you very much.

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Thank you.

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I'm Cynthia Steele.

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In the Random Access File this week,
Ashton Tate has

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finally started shipping Debase.

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This is an updated version of the
firm's Debase management software.

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The company says if you buy the Debase 4,
you will receive a free copy of Debase

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4, release 1.1.

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This will support the Ashton Tate
Microsoft SQL Server database server.

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Sharp unveils a compact laptop clone,
including the 16-level Gray Stable.

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This is no surprise since
Compaq uses the Sharp display.

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This new PC5541 is battery powered based
on the 802.86 processor, which boasts a

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high-speed 40-megabyte hard disk and 3.
5-inch 1.44-megabyte floppy.

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The suggested retail price is $5,595.

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If you're interested,
look for the machine at Comdex.

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The last holdout in the
Quest to Make PostScript, a

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printer language standard has given up.

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Hewlett-Packard has finally
licensed it from Adobe Systems.

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HP is expected to offer it in the future,
but exact

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development plans have yet to be announced.

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At this point, over 25 computer equipment
manufacturers have announced PostScript

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interpreter licensing
agreements with Adobe Systems.

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Commodore is offering an 8-megabyte
memory expansion and any hard disk drive

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controller for the Amiga 2000.

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This A2058 memory expansion at $799 for
2-megabytes can add up to 8-megabytes on

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a single card when fully
populated with 1-megabyte chips.

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This additional memory will allow
greater multitasking on the Amiga.

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All this has come down with a virus again
the second time in eight months, but

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this time the firm was prepared.

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By using a vaccine program and an isolation
procedure, the virus found in beta

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versions of its newest freehand drawing
program in recent weeks was eradicated.

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Still dozens of copies went out the door,
which means it could come back to haunt

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the company's undated copies of the product.

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Speaking of viruses, Donald Jean Burleson,
the first person ever convicted of

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using a computer virus to sabotage data,
has been sentenced to

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seven years probation.

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He's also been ordered to pay back nearly
$12,000 to his former employer.

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Burleson's attorney says his client will
appeal the sentence, which was handed

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down by a district judge in Fort Worth, Texas.

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If you're a PC user and hate to balance
your checkbook, you may be in luck.

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San Francisco's first interstate bank
yesterday started a new service to allow PC

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users among its customers to balance
their checkbook with floppy disk.

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The service will cost you $4.
95 a month. Here's how it works.

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First interstate sends you a
monthly statement on a floppy disk.

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You can then put it into your PC to
compare the bank's figures with your own.

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This way you can see in an instant which
checks have cleared and which haven't.

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The latest news from Thomas
Jefferson High School for

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Science and Technology in Virginia.

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Its new million dollar computer is now
safely housed in one of its computer labs.

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Last summer the students won the
supercomputer in a nationwide competition.

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The computer is capable of making
375 million calculations a second.

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That's it for this week's Computer Chronicles.
I'm Cynthia Steele.

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